Between 1944 and 1963 Dinah Washington charted more than 50 tunes, most of which landed on the Top Ten of the R&B Charts. Her first hit was “Salty Papa Blues” with Lionel Hampton’s band backing a very young Dinah.
The tune hit #8 on the R&B Chart and was named to Billboard’s “Harlem Hit Parade”
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame listed Dinah’s 1948 recording of “Am I Asking Too Much?” as one of the 500 songs that shaped rock...
The Dinah Washington & Brook Benton duet “Baby (You've Got What It Takes)” charted at #1 on the R&B Chart in 1959 and #7 on the Pop Chart that same year...
Dinah’s last charted hit (during her lifetime) was the standard "You're Nobody Till Somebody Loves You"
The single hit #87 on the U.S. Pop Chart in 1962...
On December 14, 1963 Dinah Washington died in Detroit, MI after mixing alcohol and pills.
R.I.P. Dinah Washington…
You Still Got What It Takes!!!
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